‘Nashville’ Season 2, Episode 21, ‘All or Nothing with Me’: TV Recap

Juliette is regretting her quickie with the horrible Edgehill executive. Rayna is trying to drum up support for Highway 65 with radio stations. The broadcasters aren’t so happy about Rayna signing Juliette. Is she regretting her decision?

Luke is in Afghanistan when his convoy got into an accident. They’re not sure what happened but he’s headed to New York. Rayna is going to meet him. Luke is ok but two men in his group died. Luke says the incident really shook him up. He regrets not being able to perform the show.

Rayna says there’s a military base right outside of Nashville and they can live stream it back to Afghanistan and the troops overseas. Why not! Luke and Kellie Pickler and Juliette are in as well.

Luke isn’t so happy that Juliette is singing and she overhears him complaining about her. Rayna says Juliette’s a good performer and the military doesn’t care about her past She tells Luke to decide.

Scarlett is trying to figure out what to do with her life. She’s going to fill in at the Blue Bird once in a while, maybe. It’s a little awkward because people are all “sorry about your meltdown and we’d like some chicken fingers.” Scarlett says she’s got to leave Nashville and start fresh someplace else.

Will and Layla are getting ready for their reality show. Will sings Layla a little song. Then he brings her over doorstep in her wedding dress, again and again. The producer says the kiss is falling flat and Will stomps out. He’s at the gym working out when a hot personal trainer comes over and offers to help. Will says no but takes his card.

Back at the house, Will is freaking out and ripping the cameras out of the wall. Layla doesn’t know what’s wrong. But Will is in the bathroom, looking at the trainer’s card. He calls and says he wants a private session. Uh-oh.

Maddie is being annoying as usual. She wants to sleep over Deacon’s house. Her dad isn’t happy about it. She finally bullies them into it. While she’s at Deacon’s, Maddie asks him if he ever thought about marrying Rayna. Then the lasagna burns. Timing!

Maddie says that sometimes she wishes she grew up with Deacon. He says he wasn’t much to be around. She asks where he was when she was born. He says he was on the road. Later at an AA meeting, Deacon admits that he has no idea because he was probably completely drunk. But he’s not going to tell his daughter that.

Avery comes home and wonders where Juliette has been. He apologizes for spending so much time with Scarlett. He says Scarlett is his ex, but he’s in love with Juliette. If only he’d said that the day before. Avery mentions Juliette’s distance to Zoey, who knows about the Edgehill hookup because Gunnar told her.

Juliette calls Gunnar to help with her some songs, but he’s not sure. As they’re talking, Jeff walks in. He wants her back at Edgehill. She says that’s not going to happen.

When Avery and Gunnar are chatting later, Gunnar almost blabs when Zoey walks in. She’s the new back-up singer for Juliette.

Timing! So no one tells Avery anything.

At the show: We find out Juliette’s dad was a Black Hawk pilot who was killed in a training accident when she was 4. She says she remembers his flag tattoo and made paper cranes. Luke overhears her story and apologizes and asks her to perform. He says maybe they can sing something together.

Rayna thinks Luke is pushing her away. He says he loves her but he’s not sure she feels the same way. Rayna says she’s all in.

Randomly, Michelle Obama beams in and says thank you to all the service men and women serving the country. One sentence into the speech, we cut away to Daphne asking her dad if Maddie is always going to be with Deacon and she’s always with Teddie. He says no.

Uh, that’s kind of weird to cut off the First Lady’s speech. We get back just in time for how it’s our solemn obligation to serve the men in service and it’s time for some music. I don’t know why, but the whole way it was handled made me uncomfortable.

Anyway, it’s time for music. Deacon is there and he tells Rayna he understands why she didn’t tell him that Maddie was his, that she was just protecting Maddie. Then he asks Teddie what happened the night that Maddie was born. He says he wants to know what he missed.

Avery shows up and says he’s done apologizing to Juliette and it feels like she’s slipping away. She says that’s not going to happen. But she looks sad. Then Jeff shows up again, and threatens Juliette with telling Avery what happened.

Kellie Pickler sings. And then Rayna, Deacon, Daphne and Maddie all sing “I have a life that’s good.” It’s very sweet. Teddy doesn’t look so happy though.

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